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Form  No.  471 


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ADDRESS 


OF  THE 


Bishop  of  North  Carolina 


TO    THE 


Convention  of  the  Diocese. 

1901. 


jrUNC-CHforDukel 


ADDRESS 

OF   THE 

Bishop  of  North  Carolina. 

1901. 


Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity: 

,As  we  met  last  year  in  one  of  our  oldest  Parishes,  so  this 
year  we  are  met  in  one  of  our  newest.  There  is  a  beauty 
and  a  value  in  that  which  is  old,  which  enshrines  and  perpet- 
uates memories  and  sentiments  of  the  past,  and  inspires  us 
to  emulate  the  virtues  and  to  continue  the  good  works  of  our 
fathers.  But  there  is  value,  and  not  value  only  but  its  proper 
grace  and  beauty  also,  in  that  which  is  new,  in  the  hope  and 
faith  which  push  forward  to  new  achievement,  and  reach  after 
and  rise  to  higher  and  better  things  as  time  goes  on.  The 
Church  of  God  is  bottomed  on  the  old,  but  her  look  is  forward, 
and  her  mission  shall  be  accomplished  only  when  old  things 
are  passed  away  ami  all  things  are  become  new. 

I  may  be  pardoned  for  a  personal  allusion  in  this  connec- 
tion. St.  Philip's  Church,  Durham,  is  specially  clear  to  me. 
This  was  the  scene  of  my  first  efforts  for  the  extension  of  the 
Church.  I  am  most  thankful  to  see  in  this  conoreffation  and 
among  the  members  of  this  Convention  a  few  of  the  faces 
which  welcomed  me  when  I  came  here  a  Deacon  of  a  month 
old,  in  May,  1878.  We  had  no  church  here  and  no  congrega- 
tion. A  few  faithful  souls  had  looked  and  longed  for  the 
services  and  ministrations  of  the  Church,  and  we  undertook 
what  seemed  a  verv  tremendous  task.  This  church  building 
and  this  congregation  of  St.  Philip's  was  the  outcome  of  our 
labors  under  the  blessing  of  God.  I  suppose  a  man  may  be 
permitted  to  feel  a  joy  in  the  work  which  he  has  been  enabled 
to  do.  And  it  is  an  added  joy  to  realize  that  the  church  which 
was  so  much  too  large  for  the  congregation  for  which  it  was 
built,  is  become  so  inadequate  for  the  congregation  now  over- 
crowding it. 

Since  our  last  meeting  two  of  our  brethren  of  the  Olerar 
have  been  called  to  rest  from  their  labors.      Julv  27.  1900, 


in 

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the  Rev.  William  Shepard  Pettigrew  departed  this  life  in  the 
rectory  of  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Ridgeway,  of 
which  Parish  he  had  been  Rector  for  more  than  twenty-two 
years.  Mr.  Pettigrew  bore  a  name  most  honorably  associated 
with  the  history  of  the  Chnrch  in  North  Carolina.  Plis 
grandfather,  the  Rev.  Charles  Pettigrew,  having  been  for  a 
time  master  of  the  old  Edenton  Academy,  was,  just  before 
the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolutionary  War,  ordained  to  the 
ministry  of  the  Church  by  the  Bishop  of  London,  the  last 
Clergyman  sent  by  him  to  this  province.  After  twenty  years 
of  faithful  service  he  was  elected  Bishop  of  North  Carolina 
by  a  Convention  which  met  in  Tarborough  in  May,  1794. 
Though  circumstances  prevented  his  consecration,  he  con- 
tinued his  services  until  his  death  in  1807.  He  left  one  child, 
the  late  Hon.  Ebenezer  Pettigrew,  the  father  of  our  deceased 
brother.  Mr.  Pettigrew  did  not  enter  the  ministry  until  he 
was  in  his  fifty-first  year.  At  that  time  he  had  already  lived 
a  life  beyond  the  average  length,  and  had  been  a  man  of  the 
first  distinction  in  his  section,  having  served  with  ability  and 
credit  in  the  Convention  of  1861,  and  enjoying  in  an  uncom- 
mon degree  the  affection  and  respect  of  a  wide  circle  of 
friends.  He  had  been  a  man  of  considerable  wealth,  and 
enjoyed  the  deserved  reputation  of  being  a  conscientious  mas- 
ter to  his  large  number  of  slaves,  whom  he  treated  with  the 
utmost  humanity,  and  for  whose  Christian  nurture  he  was 
most  solicitous.  From  his  vouth  he  was  a  man  of  singular 
purity  and  elevation  of  character,  and  a  most  devout  and 
consistent  Christian.  Being  unmarried  and  by  the  results 
of  the  war  relieved  of  the  responsibilities  and  burdens  of  tem- 
poral affairs,  he  was,  by  the  influence  of  Bishop  Atkinson, 
led  to  devote  himself  to  the  work  of  the  ministry.  In  that 
work  he  labored  faithfully  and  devotedly  until  his  death. 
No  one  who  knew  him  could  fail  to  recognize  the  noble  and 
beautiful  qualities  of  his  personal  character,  or  doubt  his  abso- 
lute devotion  to  the  work  of  his  Master.  He  was  a  fine  type 
of  much  that  was  best  in  the  life  of  our  country  before  the 
changes  wrought  by  the  war  between  the  States.  He  entered 
the  ministry  after  his  character,  convictions  and  habits  were 
too  far  developed  to  undergo  much  change ;  but  there  was  no 
more  faithful  and  unsparing  laborer  than  he  in  the  ranks  of 
our  Clergy,  no  more  indefatigable  preacher,  no  one  Avho 
adorned  the  doctrine  of  God  our  Saviour  by  a  life  of  greater 


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purity,  unselfishness,  patience,  gentleness  and  godly  sincerity 
than  William  Shepard  Pettigrew. 

October  17,  1900,  tihe  Rev.  Joseph  Wiggins  Murphy,  since 
1892  a  resident  of  Washington  City,  though  still  canonically 
connected  with  this  Diocese,  was  called  from  this  life  to  a  bet- 
ter. The  association  of  his  name  with  that  of  Mr.  Pettigrew 
in  this  notice  of  their  death,  reminds  us  that  at  one  time  Mr. 
Pettigrew  was  a  member  of  the  Parish  of  St.  David's,  of 
which  Mr.  Murphy  was  rector.  Tie  was  a  native  of  Ireland, 
but  came  to  this  country  with  his  father  when  quite  young. 
His  father,  Mr.  Jeremiah  Murphy,  was  a  school  teacher,  and 
taught  in  a  number  of  places  in  the  region  of  the  Catawba 
and  Yadkin  rivers.  Pie  was  one  of  the  most  faithful  and  use- 
ful laymen  we  have  ever  had.  He  was  chieflv  instrumental 
in  the  first  establishment  of  the  Church  in  Lincolnton,  in 
Charlotte,  in  Lexington,  and  perhaps  in  other  places.  Three 
of  his  sons  received  Holy  Orders,  and  all  were  faithful  and 
useful  men.  His  son  Joseph,  of  whom  we  now  speak,  began 
his  preparation  for  the  ministry  at  the  old  Valle  Crucis  Mis- 
sion. After  his  ordination  he  served  in  various  parts  of  this 
Diocese  until  1870,  when  he  left  it,  and,  except  for  a  short 
period  of  service  at  Elizabeth  City,  was  absent  until  1881, 
when  he  returned  to  become  rector  of  St.  Matthew's  Church, 
Hillsboro,  which  he  served  faithfully  and  effectively  until 
totally  disabled  for  pastoral  work.  During  the  war  between 
the  States  he  served  efficiently  as  a  Chaplain  in  the  Confeder- 
ate armv.  The  Church  in  l\orth  Carolina  has  no  more  loyal, 
loving,  faithful,  diligent,  godly  priest  and  pastor  than  he 
was  throughout  his  whole  course.  The  last  years  of  his  life 
were  tried  by  pain,  weakness,  narrow  and  uncertain  means 
of  support  and  domestic  bereavement.  But  all  trials  only 
showed  more  plainly  in  him  the  reality  of  Christian  faith, 
patience  and  love.  Whenever  physically  able  it  was  his  joy 
to  minister  in  the  pulpit  and  at  the  altar.  Just  before  his 
death  he  sent  an  offering  out  of  his  scanty  means  to  our  Dio- 
cesan Missions,  and  after  his  death  his  daughter,  the  loving 
companion  of  his  last  years,  found  among  his  papers  one  in 
which  he  had  carefully  noted  down  all  his  ministerial  acts 
since  May  1,  1900,  with  a  direction  endorsed  upon  it  that  it 
was  to  be  sent  to  the  Bishop  after  his  death  as  his  final  report. 
That  faithfulness  to  duty  in  what  some  count  a  little  thing, 
marks  the  man.  He  rests  in  peace,  and  leaves  to  his  children 
the  priceless  heritage  of  a  Good  Name. 


May  1.  The  Feast  of  St.  Philip  and  St.  James:  Annual  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Managers  of  Thompson  Orphanage.  In  the 
Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  I  confirmed  and  addressed 
eleven  children,  inmates  of  the  Institution,  and  administered 
Holy  Communion. 
2.  In  St.  Barnabas'  Church,  Greensboro.  Baptized  an  infant, 
daughter  of  the  Rector  of  the  Parish. 

In  the  evening  of  the  same  day  took  part  in  the  service  at  the 
annual  festival  of  St.  Athanasius'  Church,  Burlington,  when 
a  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Murdoch,  commem- 
orative of  the  late  Rev.  William  Shipp  Bynum. 
6.  The  Third  Sunday  after  Easter:  In  Christ  Church,  Raleigh, 
preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

In  the  evening  in  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh, 
preached  for  the  Rector,  who  was  sick,  and  confirmed  one 
person. 

16.  The  Eighty-Fourth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Diocese:  admin- 

istered the  Holy  Communion  at  the  opening  service,  and 
presided  during  the  several  sessions  of  the  Convention. 

17.  Administered  the  Holy  Communion  in  St.   Luke's  Church, 

Salisbury,  where  the  Diocesan  Convention  was  in  session. 
At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Diocesan  Branch  of  the  Wo- 
man's Auxiliary,  opened  the  meeting  and  made  an  address. 

18.  Administered  the  Holy  Communion  in  the  same  church,  offi- 

ciated also  at  the  several  public  services  in  connection  with 
the  Diocesan  Convention,  as  noted  in  the  Journal  thereof. 

19.  Consecrated  "St.   Mary's  Memorial  Chapel,  Greensboro,"  as- 

sisted by  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Miller,  Meade  and  Bell,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion 

20.  The  Fifth  Sunday  after  Easter:     Consecrated  St.   Andrew's 

Church.  Greensboro,  being  assisted  by  Rev.  Messrs.  Bell, 
Pruden.  Jones,  and  by  Dr.  Meade,  who  preached  the  sermon, 
and  the  Rector.  Rev.  James  D.  Miller,  who  assisted  me  in 
the  administration  of  the  Holy  Communion. 

24.  Holy  Thursday.       In   Christ  Church.    Raleigh,    administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 

27.   The  Sunday  after  Ascension :  In  the  same  church  took  part  in 
the  services  and  preached. 
The  same  day  said  Evening  Prayer  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's 
School. 

29.  At  noon  attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 

St.  Mary's  School,  and  in  the  afternoon  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Trustees  of  St.  Augustine's  Normal  School. 

30.  Presided  at  the  Commencement  of  St.  Augustine's  School :  in 

the  afternoon  attended  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees 
of  St.  Mary's  School. 


May  31.  Presided  at  the  Commencement  of  St.  Mary's  School,  and 
conducted  the  closing  service  in  the  chapel,  when  an 
address  was  made  by  the  Rev.  Robert  W.  Barnwell,  of  South 
Carolina. 

June  3.  Whitsunday.  Having  undertaken  to  supply  the  place  of  the 
Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  during  the  month  of 
June,  so  far  as  my  official  duties  should  allow,  I  conducted 
the  proper  servies  for  this  day,  preached,  and  administered 
the  Holy  Communion.  In  the  afternoon  said  Evening 
Prayer  in  the  same  church,  and  in  the  evening  said  Evening 
Prayer  and  preached  in  St.  Saviour's  Chapel. 
10.  Trinity  Sunday.  In  St.  Luke's  Church,  Salisbury,  I  ordained 
to  the  Diaconate  John  Linker  Saunders,  the  candidate  be- 
ing presented  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Murdoch,  and  the  sermon 
preached  by  Archdeacon  Osborne.  I  administered  the  Holy 
Communion,  assisted  by  the  Rector. 
In  the  evening,  in  the  same  church.  I  preached  and  confirmed 
three  persons. 

16.  Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mary's 

School. 

17.  The  First  Sunday  after  Trinity :     In  Christ  Church.  Raleigh, 

administered  Holy  Communion  at  the  early  service,  at  mid- 
day said  the  usual  service  and  preached  ;  in  the  afternoon 
said  Evening  Prayer,  and  in  the  evening  at  St.  Saviour's 
Chapel  said  Evening  Prayer  and  preached. 
19.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Augustine's  School. 

26.  In  the  Court  House  at   Carthage,  Moore  County,  conducted 

service,  assisted  by  Archdeacon  Osborne,  and  preached 
morning  and  evening;  administ3red  the  Holy  Communion 
at  the  former  service. 
In  the  afternoon  administered  the  Holy  Communion  at  a  pri- 
vate house  in  the  country  to  an  aged  and  blind  communicant 
of  the  church,  long  deprived  of  its  ministrations. 

27.  Baptized  two  infants  in  a  private  house  in  Carthage. 

July  1.  The  Third  Sunday  after  trinity :  In  St.  Peter's  Church,  Char- 
lotte, having  undertaken  to  supply  services  four  Sundays 
in  the  absence  of  the  Rector,  conducted  the  usual  service, 
preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion.  In  the 
afternoon  said  Evening  Prayer.  In  the  evening  baptized  a 
child  at  a  private  house. 

8.  The  Fourth  Sunday  after  Trinity:     In  the  same  church,  ad- 

ministered the  Holy  Communion  at  7.30  o'clock  in  the  morn- 
ing :  conducted  the  mid-day  service  and  preached  ;  said  Even- 
ing Prayer  at  6  o'clock. 

9.  In  the  same  church,  married  a  couple. 


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July  11.  In  St.  Philip's  Church,  Mocksville,  said  Evening  Prayer. 

12.  At  a   visitation  to  the  same  church,  administered  the   Holy 
Communion,  preached   morning  and  afternoon,  and   con- 
firmed one  person. 
15.   The  Fifth  Sunday  after  Trinity :    In  the  same  church,  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion  at  7.30  o'clock ;  said  the  ap- 
pointed service  and  preached  at  11,  and  said  Evening  Prayer 
at6. 
22.   The  Sixth  Sunday  after  Trinity:     In  the  same  church,  had 
the  same   three  services   as  last   Sunday.      After  Evening 
Prayer  confirmed  two  persons. 
Aug.  18.  Consecrated  "The  Gallaway  Memorial  Chapel"  at  Elkin,  as- 
sisted by  Archdeacon  Osborne  ;  preached,  and  administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
19.   The  Tenth  Sunday  after  Trinity :     In  St.  Paul's  Church,  Win- 
ston, the  Parish  being   without   a   Rector,   conducted  the 
appointed  services  morning  and  evening ;  administered  the 
Holy  Communion,  baptized  an  infant  and  preached  twice. 

25.  At  Huntsville.  after  Evening  Prayer  by  Archdeacon  Osborne, 

preached. 

26.  The  Eleventh  Sunday  after  Trinity:    At  the  same  place  con- 

ducted service  morning  and  evening,  assisted  by  Archdea- 
con Osborne, «and  preached  twice. 

30.  In  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Rowan  County,  attended  the  cele- 

bration of  the  sixtieth  Anniversary  of  the  consecration  of 
the  church ;  administered  the  Holy  Communion,  and  in  the 
afternoon  made  an  address. 

31.  In  St.  Mark's  Church,  Mecklenburg  County,    officiated  morn- 

ing and  evening  and  preached. 
Sept.    1.  In  the   same   church,   officiated   morning   and   evening    and 
preached. 
2.   The  Twelfth  Sunday  after  Trinity:     In  the  same  church,  con- 
firmed  one   person;  preached,  and  administered   the   Holy 
Communion. 
7.  Meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mary's  School. 
9.   The  Thirteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity:     Church  of  the  Good 
Shepherd,  Ridge  way.     Said  the  appointed  service,  preached 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening   in   Christ   Church,   Raleigh,   confirmed   one 
person. 
13.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  St.  Augustine's  School,  and 

meeting  of  Executive  Missionary  Committee. 
15.  In  St.  John's  Church,  Battleboro,  held  service  and  preached 
morning  and  evening. 


Sept.  16.  The  Fourteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity:  In  the  same  church, 
service  and  sermon  morning  and  evening  ;  Holy  Commu- 
nion at  former  service. 

17.  In  same  church,  service  morning  and  evening:  preached  once. 

18.  In   same    church,    service    morning  and   evening ;   preached 

once,  baptized  and  confirmed  one  person. 

20.  Opened  "  Grace  School"  at  Lawrence,  Edgecombe  County. 
In  the  evening  officiated  at  St.  Mary's  Chapel,  same  County. 

25.  In  Raleigh  confirmed  a  sick  person  in  private. 
Oct.     6.     Church  of  the  Heavenly  Rest.  Middleburg;  preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 

7.  The  Seventeenth  Sunday  after  Trinity:  St.  John's  Church. 
Williamsboro :  said  the  appointed  service;  preached  a  ser- 
mon commemorative  of  the  life  and  character  of  the  Rev. 
William  S.  Pettigrew,  for  thirty  years  Rector  of  that  Par- 
ish, and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

10.  In  St.    Augustine's   Chapel,  Raleigh,   administered   the   Holy 

Communion  at  the  opening  of  the  "Conference  of  Church 
Workers  Among  the  Colored  People,"  and  delivered  an  Al- 
locution to  the  Clerical  members  of  the  Conference. 

11.  All  Souls'  Church,  Ansonville.     Preached. 

12.  Calvary  Church.  Wadesboro.     Preached. 

14.   The   Eighteenth  Sunday    after    Trinity:    Consecrated    "The 

Church  of  the  Messiah."  Rockingham,  assisted  by  the  Rev. 

Messrs.  Fetter,  Green,  Parkman.  and  Archdeacon  Osborne : 

preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

In  the  same  church,  in  the  afternoon,  confirmed  two  persons. 

16.  In  St.  Peter's   Church.  Charlotte,  pronounced  the  blessing  at 

a  wedding. 

17.  St.  Paul's  church,  Winston.     Preached. 

18.  St.  Luke's  Day  :  Christ  Church,  Walnut  Cove.     Preached,  and 

administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  preached  in  St.  Philip's  Church.  Germanton. 
10.   In  the  same  church,  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

21.  The  Nineteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity :     Consecrated  "Trinity 

Church,  Mount  Airy,"  assisted  by  the  Rev.  Messrs.  Williams 
and  Jones;  administered  the  Holy  Communion.  Preached 
in  the  same  church  in  the  evening. 

28.   The  Twentieth  Sunday  after  Trinity.  St.  Simon  and  St.  Jude's 
Day  :  St.  Paul's  Church.  Louisburg.     Preached,  and  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  preached  in  St.  Matthias'  Church. 

30.  St.  James's  Church,  Kittrell.  Preached,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 


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Oct.  30.  In  the  afternoon  at  St.  Luke's  Mission    for  colored  people  in 
Warren  County,   baptized   an  infant,    preached,  and   con- 
firmed one  person. 
31.   All  Saints'  Chapel,  Warrenton,  for  colored  people.     Preached 
and  confirmed  one  person. 
Nov.    1.  All  Saints'   Day:    Emmanuel    Church,    Warrenton.     In   the 
morning  confirmed  one  person,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 
In  the  evening  preached,  and  confirmed  three  persons 
2.  St.  Alban's  Church,  Littleton.     Preached,  and  confirmed  one 

person. 
4.   The  Twenty-first  Sunday  after  Trinity :    St.  Luke's   Church, 
Gaston.     Said  the  appointed  services,  preached,  and  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Commuion. 

6.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mary's  School. 

7.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Augustine's  School. 
11.  The  Twenty-second  Sunday  after  Trinity:    St   John's  Church, 

Williamsboro.     Said  the  proper  services;  confirmed  one  per- 
son; preached;  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
13.  St.  Peter's  Church.  Stovall.     Preached,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 

15.  St.  Paul's  Church,  Goshen.     Preached,  and  administered  the 

Holy  Communion. 
In  the  afternoon  preached  at  the  Mission  Chapel  for  colored 
people  near  Satterwhite. 

16.  Chui-ch  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh.     Presided  at  mission- 

ary meetings  in  the  afternoon  and  evening,  at  which  Bishop 
Partridge,  of  Kyoto,  spoke. 
18.   The  Twenty-third  Sunday  after  Trinity :  St.  Stephen's  Church, 
Oxford.      Confirmed    and    addressed    thirty-two    persons ; 
preached  ;  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

In  the  afternoon  preached  in  the  Court  House  to  a  small  con- 
gregation of  colored  people. 

In  the  evening  preached  in  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents, 
Hendersou. 

21.  In  the  same  Church  I  officiated  in  connection  with  the  meet- 

ing of  the  Convocation  of   Raleigh,  made  an  address,  and 
met  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 

22.  St.  Athanasius'    Church,   Burlington.     Preached  ;   confirmed 

and  addressed  five  persons. 

23.  In  a  private  house  at  Haw  River,  confirmed  a  sick  man  and 

his  sister,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
25.   The  Sunday  next  before  Advent :    Trinity  Church,  Statesville. 
Officiated  morning  and  afternoon  ;  preached  ;  administered 
the  Holv  Communion. 


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Nov    26.  St.  James'  Church,  Iredell  County.     Confirmed  and  addressed 
eight  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

27.  St.  George's   Chapel,    Woodleaf.      Preached :    confirmed   one 

person. 

28.  Administered  the  Holy  Communion  to  a  sick  woman  in  private. 
The  same  day  at  Christ  Church,    Cleveland,  confirmed  three 

persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

In  the  afternoon   at  St.  Matthew's   Chapel.  Rowan   County, 
preached,  and  confirmed  three  persons. 

In  the  evening  in  St.  Luke's  Church,  Salisbury,  preached,  and 
confirmed  six  persons. 
29    Thanksgiving  Day :    In   the   same   Church.      Preached,    and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

In  the  evening  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Chestnut  Hill,  preached, 
confirmed  and  addressed  three  persons. 
80.  St.  Andrew's  Day:  St.  Jude's  Church,  Rowan  County.     Con- 
firmed  one  person,  preached,  and   administered   the  Holy 
Communion. 

In    the    afternoon    met  with    the    "  Conference    of    Rowan 
Churches."  and  made  an  address. 

In  the  evening  in  St.  Peter's  Church.  Salisbury,  preached. 
Dec.     1.   At  special  service  in  St.  Paul's  Church.  Chestnut   Hill,  con- 
firmed one  person. 

St.  Mary's  Church.  Rowan  County.     Preached;  administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
2.   The  First  Sunday  in  Advent :  Church  of  the  Redemption.  Lex- 
ington.    Said  the  proper  services  :   preached;   administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 

5.  St.   Mary's  Chtirch.    High  Point.     Said  Evening   Prayer  and 

preached. 

6.  Reidsville,  St.  Thomas's  Church.     Preached. 

7.  St.  Cuthbert's  Chapel,  Proximity.  Greensboro.     Preached. 

9.   The  Second  Sunday  in  Advent :  11  a.  m..  St.  Andrew's  Church. 
Baptized  one  person  of  St.  Barnabas'  Parish  :  confirmed  ten 
persons  from  the  two  parishes  of  St.  Barnabas  and  St.  An- 
drew's :  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
In'the  evening  preached  in  St.  Barnabas'  Church. 
16.   The  Third  Sunday  in  Advent :    St.  Matthew's  Church.  Hills- 
boro.     Confirmed  one   person,   preached,  and   administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
In   the  afternoon    preached    in    St.    Mary's   Church,    Orange 
County. 
23.  The  Fourth,  Sunday  in  Advent :  In  a  public  hall  at  Cary.  said 

Evening  Prayer  and  preached. 
28.  Holy  Innocents  Day  :    Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd.  Raleigh. 
Administered  the  Holv  Communion. 


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Dec.  30.   The  Sunday  after  Christmas :    St.  Peter's  Church,  Charlotte. 
Said  the   proper  services   morning  and  evening  ;   preached 
twice,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
1901. 
Jan.     6.   The  Epiphany.     St.  Peter's  Church,  Charlotte.  Said  the  proper 
service  in   the  forenoon  ;  preached  ;  and  administered   the 
Holy  Communion. 
In  the  afternoon  said  Evening  Prayer,  and  the  Special  Litany 
of  Intercession  for  Missions  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 
7.  Administered  the  Holy  Communion  in  private  to  a  sick  per- 
son. 

12.  In    Calvary   Church,    Tarboro,    officiated    with    the    Rector 

at  a  funeral. 

13.  The  First  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany.     In  the  same  church, 

administered  the  Holy  Communion  at  the  early  service,  and 
preached  at  mid-day.  In  the  afternoon  in  Grace  Memorial 
Chapel,  LawTrence,  baptized  four  children  and  made  an 
address. 

20.  The  Second  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany.  St.  Philip's  Church, 
Durham.  Confirmed  four  persons,  preached,  and  adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion.  In  the  evening  preached  in 
the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh. 

27.  The  Third  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany :  Church  of  the  Heavenly 
Rest,  Middleburg.  Said  the  appointed  service,  preached 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  preached  in  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd, 
Raleigh. 
Feb.  13.  Church  of  the  Saviour,  Jackson.  Preached,  and  confirmed 
one  person. 

14.  Grace  Church,  Weldon.     Preached  ;  confirmed  one  person. 

15.  St.  Mark's  Church,  Halifax.     Preached;  confirmed  one  person. 

17.  Quinquagesima    Sunday:    Trinity    Church,    Scotland   Neck. 

Confirmed  five  persons.     Preached ;  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 
In  the    afternoon    in    Grace    Memorial    Chapel,    Lawrence, 
preached  ;  confirmed  six  persons. 

18.  St.  Mary's  Chapel,  Edgecombe  County.     Confirmed  two  per- 

sons, preached  ;  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

19.  Calvary  Church.  Tarboro.     Preached,  confirmed  and  addressed 

eight  persons. 

20.  Ash  Wednesday :    In  same  Church,   preached  ;  confirmed  sick 

person  in  private. 
In   the   evening  in   St.   Luke's  Church,    for    colored   people, 
preached  ;  confirmed  six  persons,  and  addressed  them. 

21.  St.  Mark's  Church,  Wilson,  for  colored  people,  preached. 


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Feb.  22.  Sfc.  Timothy's  Church,  Wilson.     Preached. 

24.  The  First  Sunday  in   Lent.    St.  Matthias'   Day:    Church  of 

the  Good  Shepherd,  Rocky  Mount.    Confirmed  and  addressed 
eighteen  persons  ;   preached  ;   administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 
In  the  evening  in  St.  John's  Church,  Battleboro,  preached  ; 
confirmed  three  persons. 

25.  Church  of  the  Advent,  Enfield.     Preached. 

27.  St.    Clement's  Church,    Ringwood.     Preached ;   administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  in  the  Mission  Chapel  for  colored  people  in  Lit- 
tleton, preached  ;  confirmed  three  persons. 
Mar.    3.   The    Second    Sunday    in    Lent:      Christ     Church,     Raleigh. 
Preached  ;  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  in  St.  Saviour's  Chapel,  preached. 
4.  In  Christ  Church.  Raleigh,  said  Evening  Prayer. 
7.  In  the  same  Church,  preached. 

10.  The  Third  Sunday  in  Lent:  Calvary  Church,  Waclesboro.  Said 

the  proper  services   morning  and  afternoon  ;   administered 
the  Holy  Communion,  and  preached  twice. 

11.  All  Souls'  Church,  Ansonville.     Preached. 

13.  At  Albemarle,  Stanly  County,  officiated  morning  and  after- 
noon ;  baptized  an  adult ;  confirmed  two  persons  ;  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

15.  St.  Timothy's  Church,  Euto.     Said  the  Litany  ;  confirmed  one 
person  ;  preached  ;  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  in  St.  Paul's  Church,  Monroe,  took  part  in  the 
service. 

17.  The  Fourth  Sunday  in  Lent :  In  the  same  church,  officiated 
morning  and  afternoon;  administered  the  Holy  Communion; 
preached  twice. 

21.  Christ  Church,  Raleigh.     Preached. 

24.  The  Fifth  Sunday  in  Lent:    In  Christ  Church,  Raleigh,  con- 

firmed and  addressed  fifteen   persons ;    administered    the 
Holy  Communion. 

In  the  afternoon  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  Augustine's  School,  con 
firmed  and  addressed  six  persons. 

In  the  evening  at  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh, 
presided  at  a  missionary  meeting  ;  said  Litany  of  Interces- 
sion for  Missions  for  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 

25.  Hie  Feast  of  the  Annunciation  :  Holjr  Innocents'  Church.  Hen- 

derson.    Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

27.  St.    Ambrose   Church,    Raleigh.      Preached :    confirmed    and 

addressed  five  persons. 

28.  Christ  Church,  Raleigh.     Preached. 


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Mar.  31.  Palm  Sunday :    Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School.     Confirmed  and 
addressed  fourteen   girls,  pupils  of  the  School ;  preached  ; 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  in  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh, 
preached  ;  confirmed  and  addressed  eighteen  persons. 

April    1.  The  Monday  before  Easter :  In  the  same  church,  preached. 

2.  Tuesday  before  Easter:  In  the  same  church,  preached. 

3.  Wednesday  before  Easter:  In  the  same  church,  preached. 

In  the  evening  in  St.  Saviour's   Chapel,  preached  ;  confirmed 
two  persons. 

4.  Thursday  before  Easter:  In  the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd, 

Raleigh,  preached. 
In  the  evening  preached  in  Christ  Church. 

5.  Good  Friday:     Church    of    the    Good    Shepherd.    Raleigh. 

Preached. 
In   the    evening    in   the   Chapel   of    the  Cross,   Chapel   Hill, 
preached  ;  confirmed  three  peasons. 
7.  Easter  Day  :    In  the   same  Church,  preached  and  adminis- 
tered the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  afternoon  in  a  hall  in  West  Durham,  made  an  address. 
In  the  evening  in    St.  Philip's  Church,  Durham,    preached  ; 
confirmed  five  persons. 
9.  Meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mary's  School. 

10.  St.  Bartholomew's  Church,  Pittsboro.     Confirmed  one  person; 

preached  ;  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
In  the  evening  in  St.  James's  Church  for  colored  people,  said 
Evening  Prayer  and  preached. 

11.  St.    Thomas'    Church,    Sanford.       Preached ;  confirmed   one 

person. 

12.  Emmanuel  Church,  Southern  Pines.     Preached. 

13.  At  Morgan's  Factory  near  Laurel  Hill,  said  Evening  Prayer: 

preached  ;  confirmed  one  person. 

14.  The  First  Sunday  after  Easter  :  St.  Peter's  Church,  Charlotte. 

Confirmed  and  addressed  twenty  persons ;  preached  ;  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
4  p.  m..  in  the  Church  of  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels  for  col- 
ored people,  confirmed  and  addressed  fifteen  persons  ;  im- 
mediately after  this  service  confirmed  a  sick  member  of  this 
Parish  in  private. 

18.  St.  Paul's  Church,    Winston.     Preached :    confirmed  and  ad- 

dressed seven  persons. 

19.  Church   of   the   Messiah,   Mayodan.     Said   Evening   Prayer  : 

preached. 

20.  St.  John's  Church,    Madison.     Said  the    proper  service  ;   con 

firmed  one  person;  preached:  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 


Apr.  21.  The  Second  Sunday  after  Easter:    Church  of  the  Epiphany, 
Leaksville.     In  the  forenoon  preached  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 
In   the   evening   preached  ;    confirmed   and   addressed    three 
persons. 
22.  Christ  Church,  Milton.     Preached  ;  confirmed  two  persons. 

26.  Annual  Meeting  of  Managers  of  the  Thompson  Orphanage. 
In  Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin  confirmed  and  addressed  five 

children  ;  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

27.  St.  Mark's  Church,  Mecklenburg  County.     Preached  ;  admin- 

istered the  Holy  Communion. 

28.  The  Third  Sunday  after  Easter :  St.  Peter's  Church,  Charlotte. 

Said  the  service  for  the  day  ;   preached  :  administered  the 

Holy  Communion. 
In  the  afternoon  in  St.  Andrew's  Memorial  Chapel.  Charlotte, 

preached  ;  confirmed  three  persons. 
In  the  evening  in  All  Saints'  Church,  Concord,  preached. 

Without  the  limits  of  the  Diocese  I  have  during  the  same 
period  officiated  five  times,  preached  once,  delivered  three 
addresses  and  baptized  one  infant.  I  was  absent  from  the  Dio- 
cese from  July  23d  to  August  17th,  during  the  first  ten  days 
in  attendance  upon  the  annual  Commencement  and  meeting  of 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University  of  the  South,  at  Se- 
wanee,  and  the  last  two  weeks  enjoying  the  delightful  recrea- 
tion of  a  brief  trip  through  the  mountains  of  Mitchell,  Wa- 
tauga and  Ashe  counties,  revisiting  the  scenes  of  former  mis- 
sionary experiences,  and  renewing  the  friendships  of  those 
days.  September  27th  I  was  in  Lincolnton  for  a  few  hours 
on  important  business  for  St.  Mary's  School",  and  October  1st 
and  2d  in  Wilmington  on  still  more  important  matters  of  the 
School.  January  15th  and  16th  were  occupied  in  a  trip  to 
Washington  City  attending  a  meeting  of  the  Commission  on 
Work  Among  the  Colored  People ;  and  from  February  1th  to 
February  12th  I  was  absent  for  the  purpose  of  attending  a 
protracted  session  of  the  Joint  Commission  on  Amendments 
to  the  Canons  of  the  General  Convention. 

The  total  of  my  services  and  ministrations  (luring  the  year 
is  as  follows:  Services,  210;  sermons,  112;  addresses,  26; 
administrations  of  the  Holy  Communion,  77  ;  confirmations. 
294;  baptisms,  12;  marriages,  1;  funerals,  2;  churches  con- 
secrated, 5.  These  were  all  within  the  Diocese ;  and  to  them 
should  be  added  those  services  mentioned  above  performed 
during  mv  absence  in  other  Dioceses. 


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During  the  year  I  have  made  a  more-  thorough  and  complete 
visitation  of  the  Diocese  than  I  had  ever  been  able  to  accom- 
plish before.  I  visited  every  Parish  and  organized  Mission 
in  the  Diocese  without  a  single  exception.  Many  of  them 
I  visited  more  than  once.  In  some  twenty-five  churches  and 
chapels  I  officiated  from  twice  to  six  or  eight  times.  Every 
unorganized  Mission  or  point  where  we  have  a  church  build- 
ing or  regular  services  I  visited  at  least  once,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Cuningham's  Chapel ;  St.  Mark's  Chapel,  Gulf ;  Mon- 
cure ;  Noise ;  St,  John's,  Salisbury ;  Smithfield,  Tillery,  and 
the  Chapel  of  the  colored  Mission  at  Statesville.  Of  these 
we  really  have  no  congregation  and  maintain  no  services  at 
Gulf  and  Moncure.  T  was  providentially  hindered  from 
keeping  appointments  which  I  had  made  for  Tillery,  Cun- 
ingham's and  the  colored  chapel  at  Statesville;  and  there 
seemed  no  special  occasion  for  visiting  the  remaining  ones 
in  view  of  the  more  urgent,  demand  for  services  at  other  points 
which  seemed  more  important.  The  list  of  services  at  the 
beginning  of  the  Address  will  also  show  that  I  held  services 
in  a  number  of  places  not  included  in  the  list  of  our  Parishes 
and  Missions.  The  most  important  of  these  places  are  Hunts- 
ville,  Tadkin  County,  and  the  town  of  Albemarle,  in  both  of 
which  we  have  a  number  of  faithful  people,  for  whom  I  am 
hoping  in  the  near  future  to  make  some  regular  provision, 
ami  who  are  ready  to  co-operate  to  the  utmost  of  their  power 
in  the  permanent  establishment  of  the  ministrations  of  the 
Church  in  those  places.  It  may  also  lie  mentioned  that  new 
chapels  have  been  built — one  at  Cooleemee  Factory,  in  Davie 
County,  and  one  in  the  northern  part  of  Rowan  County, 
chiefly  by  the  efforts  of  the  Pev.  Dr.  Murdoch. 

May  27,  1900,  upon  the  petition  of  a  number  of  persons 
residing  in  the  vicinity  of  a  post-office  called  Euto,  in  Union 
County,  I  organized  the  Mission  of  "St.  Timothy's  Church, 
Euto;'  with  John  S.  Smith,  Warden  ;  Davidson  Nance,  Treas- 
urer ;  and  John  Lemuel  Smith,  Clerk. 

November  9,  1900,  upon  the  petition  of  the  members  of  the 
Mission  heretofore  known  as  the  ''Chapel  of  the  Holy  Cross, 
Littleton,"  I  reorganized  that  eonoreo-ation  under  the  name  of 
"St.  Albans  Church,  Littleton,"  appointing  as  officers  thereof 
Woodson  L.  Powell,  Warden;  Alexander  Weddell  Fetter, 
Treasurer ;  and  Littleberry  Vinson,  Clerk. 

Our  losses  from  the  ranks  of  the  Clergy  have  been  greater 
during  the  past  year  than  for  any  previous  year  during  my 


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Episcopate.  Besides  the  two  already  mentioned,  taken  to 
their  rest  after  long  and  faithful  service,  I  have  transferred 
by  letters  dismissory  the  following: 

The  Rev.  William  Walker,  Priest,  June  2.  to  Vermont. 
The  Rev.  Charles  L.  Hoffman,  Priest,  September  1.  to  Mississippi. 
The  Rev.  Henry  C.  Parkman.  Priest,  December  1,  to  Easton. 
The  Rev.  Henry  Hobart  Barber,  Priest,  February  7,  to  Pittsburgh. 
The  Rev.  Frank  Cecil  Bayliss,  Priest.  February  28,  to  Bath  and  Wells. 
England. 
The  Rev.  Horace  Weeks  Jones,  Priest,  April  15.  to  Alabama. 
The  Rev.  James  Daniel  Miller,  Priest,  April  30,  to  Nebraska. 
The  Rev.  William  B.  Perry,  Deacon,  October  1,  to  Virginia. 

We  have  sained  the  following: 

The  Rev.  John  Linker  Saunders,  Deacon,  June  10,  by  Ordination. 
The  Rev.  Alban  Greaves,  Priest.  June  1 ,  from  East  Carolina. 
The  Rev.  Harris  Mallinckrodt,  Priest.  December  1.  from  Maryland. 
The  Rev.  Francis  Joyner,  Priest,  April  1.  from  East  Carolina. 
The  Rev.  Sanders  Richardson  Guignard.  Priest.  April  15.  from  South 
Carolina. 

Our  numbers,  therefore,  stood  May  1st,  1900,  five  less  than 
last  year,  namely:  One  Bishop,  thirty-six  Priests,  and  eight 
Deacons ;  forty-five  in  all.  Since  May  1st  I  have  received 
and  accepted  letters  dismissory  from  the  Bishop  of  Florida  in 
favor  of  the  Rev.  Clarence  Croft  Leman,  who  has  accepted 
the  rectorship  of  St.  Peter's  ( Lurch,  Charlotte,  and  has  en- 
tered upon  his  duties.  I  am  also  informed  that  the  Rev. 
George  Meredith  Tolson,  of  Hertford,  East  Carolina,  has 
accepted  a  call  to  the  rectorship  of  Calvary  Church,  Wades- 
boro,  to  take  effect  July  1st. 

The  candidates  for  Priest's  Orders  are:  the  Rev.  Royal  G. 
Shannonhouse,  Deacon ;  Thaddeus  Ainsley  Cheatham,  Fran- 
cis Moore  Osborne  and  Richard  Louis  Bame. 

The  Postulants  are :  Oliver  Stancill,  Homer  Leach  Hoover. 
William  Ed\Vard  Callender,  Lames  blollis  Ctrosby,  Hugh 
Preston  Eanes  and  William  Eanes. 

The  fields  of  labor  of  the  Clergy  remain  as  at  our  last  meet- 
ing, with  the  following  chances : 

As  announced  at  the  last  Convention,  the  Rev.  Edwin  A. 
Osborne  was  by  the  Bisliop  appointed  Archdeacon  of  the 
Diocese,  and  as  such  has  been  most  laborious  and  zealous  in 


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his  work  under  my  direction,  performing  also  the  duties  of 
Secretary  of  the  Executive  Missionary  Committee. 

The  Rev.  John  Linker  Saunders,  ordained  Deacon  Trinity 
Sunday  last,  has  been  serving  in  St.  Matthews'  and  St.  Judes' 
Churches  in  Rowan  County  under  the  Rev.  Dr.  Murdoch. 

The  Rev.  Harris  Mallinckrodt  became  rector  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Winston,  upon  his  transfer  to  this  Diocese. 

The  Rev.  Francis  Joyner  resides  at  Littleton,  and  has 
under  his  charge  St.  Alban's  Church,  Littleton,  and  also  the 
churches  at  Ridgeway  and  at  Middleburg,  and  St.  Luke's, 
Gaston. 

The  Rev.  Sanders  Richardson  Guignard  is  rector  of  St. 
Andrews'  Church,  Greensboro,  and  has  charge  of  the  Memo- 
rial Chapel  of  St.  Mary's,  Greensboro. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Bell  in  April  last  removed  from  Wilson, 
having  resigned  the  rectorship  of  St.  Timothy's  Church,  and 
has  become  rector  of  St.  Barnabas'  Church,  Greensboro,  hav- 
ing charge  also  of  St.  Cuthbert's  Chapel,  Proximity. 

The  Rev.  Alban  Greaves  is  rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Louisburg,  and  of  St,  -Lames'  Church,  Kittrell,  and  is  serv- 
ing most  faithfully  and  acceptably  in  both  places. 

In  July  last  the  Rev.  Gaston  Battle,  Deacon,  gave  up  the 
charge  of  St.  John's  Church,  Battleboro,  and  since  that  time 
has  not  been  officiating.  St.  John's  Church,  Battleboro,  I 
placed  temporarily  under  the  charge  of  the  Rev.  Charles  Fet- 
ter, of  Rocky  Mount. 

In  February  last  I  removed  the  Rev.  Edward  P.  Green 
from  the  charge  of  All  Souls'  Church,  Ansonville. 

I  have  directed  the  Rev.  Royal  G.  Shannon  house,  Deacon, 
to  take  charge  of  the  work  at  St.  Mark's  Church,  Mecklen- 
burg County,  under  the  direction  of  Archdeacon  Osborne,  in 
place  of  St.  Philip's  Church,  Mocksville,  beginning  May  1st, 
1901.  St.  Philip's,  Mocksville,  remains  at  present  unpro- 
vided for. 

It  is  in  my  heart  to  pay  a  deserved  tribute  of  praise  to  the 
faithful  and  beloved  brethren  who,  after  laboring  for  years 
among  us  have,  for  one  cause  and  another,  felt  that  duty 
called  them  elsewhere.  Of  the  eight  whom  we  have  lost  by 
removal,  every  one  was  a  man  of  real  worth  and  of  solid  value 
in  the  work  of  the  ministry.  If  I  do  not  speak  more  par- 
ticularly it  is  only  because  the  number  makes  it  impracticable 
for  me  to  speak  adequately  of  all  of  them  ;  and  should  I  partic- 
ularize the  excellence  of  one  or  two,  I  fear  my  personal  affec- 


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tion  might  give  an  appearance  of  partial  judgmenl  which  1 
would  not  willingly  be  guilty  of.     I  will  only  say  that,  taken 

as  a  whole  or  taken  severally,  they  are  a  great  loss  to  us  and  a 
great  gain  to  those  parts  of  the  Church  which  now  enjoy  the 
benefit  of  their  faithful  services. 

But,  while  regretting  the  absence  of  those  brethren  whom 
we  had  come  to  value  and  love  in  the  past,  I  say  with  equal 
truth  and  sincerity  that,  ait  this  moment  the  work  of  the 
Church  in  JSTorth  Carolina  is  in  a  condition  which  I  seemed 
hardly  able  to  hope  for  a  few  months  ago,  when  I  was  con- 
fronted with  such  a  list  of  removals.  Already  most  of  the 
vacancies  have  been  filled,  and  so  filled  as  to  give  assurance 
that  the  work  will  go  on  without  diminution  of  faith  and  zeal, 
And  we  have  good  reason  to  hope  that  the  few  remaining 
places  now  unoccupied  will  soon  lie  suitably  supplied  with 
able  and  godly  ministers.  I  believe  there  are  not  many  Dio- 
ceses where  the  ranks  of  the  laborers  have  fewer  vacancies,  or 
where  a  more  sincere  confidence  and  affection  exists  between 
pastors  and  people.  For  this  I  feel  most  devoutly  thankful 
and  pray  God  that  it  may  long  continue  to  be  true  of  our 
Clergy  and  people. 

While  on  this  subject  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  add  a  few  words 
in  regard  to  the  part  which  the  Bishop  should  have  in  the 
appointment,  of  ministers  to  vacant  churches.  As  I  under- 
stand the  Canons,  all  work  outside  the  limits  of  Parishes  in 
union  with  the  Convention,  is  under  the  Bishop,  who  has 
the  sole  right  of  appointing  and  removing  the  Clergy  as  he 
shall  judge  best  for  the  interests  of  the  Church.  Where  a 
Parish  is  organized  under  our  Canons  and  admitted  into 
union  with  the  Convention,  the  right  of  choosing  a  rector  is 
in  the  Vestry  of  the  Parish  and  the  Bishop  has  no  voice 
whatever  in  choosing  the  minister  or  in  continuing  or  termi- 
nating his  rectorship,  except  the  power  of  refusing,  for  suffi- 
cient reasons,  to  accept  letters  dismissory  from  another  Dio- 
cese, or  of  proceeding  judicially  against  a  minister  for  breach 
of  the  Canons  or  of  his  ordination  vows.  These  two  cases 
are  plain,  and  there  is  no  difficulty  in  understanding  either 
case. 

It  often  happens,  however,  that  a  Parish  with  the  power  of 
electing  its  own  rector,  is  unable  to  bear  the  burden  of  his 
support,  ami  must  depend  upon  being  assisted  therein  by  an 
appropriation  from  our  Diocesan  Missionary  Funds,  or  by 
having  one  or  more  Mission  congregations  put  under  the 
charge  of  the  rector,  in  order  that  the  contributions  of  these 


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congregations  may  supplement-  the  salary  paid  by  the  Parish. 
In  this  case  I  venture  to  think  that  the  Vestry  should  be  will- 
ing to  be  advised  by  the  Bishop,  and  should  not  feel  that  they 
can  properly  proceed  to  the  choice  of  a  rector  for  themselves 
until  an  understanding  has  been  reached  and  the  Bishop  has 
agreed  upon  the  man  to  be  elected. 

ST.     MAEy'h    SCHOOL. 

In  taking  a  view  of  the  general  affairs  of  the  Diocese  we 
naturally  begin  with  its  institutions.  Of  these  the  first  in 
importance,  and  that  which  we  have  had  especially  upon  our 
minds  for  the  last-  few  years,  is  St  Mary's  School.  We  of  the 
Diocese  of  Xorth  Carolina  took  up  the  burden  of  responsibil- 
ity alone  in  1897.  Xow  we  have  'the  happiness  of  seeing  all 
the  Bishops  in  the  Carolines  with  the  Clergy  and  Conventions 
joined  with  us  in  the  work.  The  year  just  passed  has  for 
those  in  charge  of  the  School  been  a  year  of  labor  and  of  anxi- 
ety, but  also  a  year  of  much  growth,  progress  and  bright 
promise  for  the  future.  As  President  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, I  have  the  duty  of  laying  before  this  Convention  the 
Annual  Report  required  by  our  charter  to  be  made  to  the  Con- 
ventions associated  in  its  government.  I  will  not  at  this  time, 
therefore,  go  into  the  details  of  the  School's  affairs.  But  look- 
ing at  the  subject  from  the  standpoint  of  our  Diocesan  inter- 
ests, I  wish  in  the  first  place  to  congratulate  you  upon  the 
very  marked  degree  of  success  which  has  attended  our  labors  in 
this  line.  The  debt  of  $50,000,  which  many  thought  too  great 
a  burden  for  us  to  undertake,  has  been  reduced  to  $27,000, 
with  something  over  $10,000  in  notes  and  subscriptions  on 
hand  toward  its  further  reduction ;  while  not  much  less  than 
$10,000  has  been  spent  in  adding  to  the  permanent  value  of 
the  property  and  in  increasing  its  usefulness  for  the  purposes 
of  the  School ;  and  while  the  number  of  boarding  pupils  has 
increased  about  threefold.  This  is  most  gratifying  and  en- 
couraging and  confirms  the  faith  of  its  friends  in  the  future  of 
this  noble  School.  But  at  the  same  time  this  success — and  it 
is  a  very  great  and  unquestionable  success — this  very  success 
brings  us  face  to  face  with  the  necessity  of  doing  very  much 
more  than  we  have  yet  done,  We  started  out  to  pay  off  the 
debt ;  we  must  keep  on  until  that  end  has  been  attained.  But 
we  must  do  more.  We  must  enlarge  our  facilities  for  carry- 
ing on  and  for  developing  the  School.     At  this  moment  it  is 


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a  very  serious  question  how  we  are  bo  acco'mmod'ate  the  pupils 
who  will  apply  fur  admission  nexl  September.  We  ha  e 
every  reason  to  anticipate  a  material  increase  in  tihe  number 
of  applicants.  Wo  must  provide  for  them.  Not  only  so, 
but  these  greater  numbers  and  the  higher  aims  which  wo  have 
set  before  us  for  the  development  of  the  School  demand  in- 
creased facilities  for  instruction  in  every  direction.  We 
could  with  advantage  spend,  ten,  fifteen,  twenty  thousand  dol- 
lars at  this  very  time  in  adding  to  our  facilities  for  doing  the 
ffreat  work  which  we  have  undertaken.  May  God  put  it  into 
the  hearts  of  some  of  our  good  people  to  come  forward  and 
provide  the  means  of  making  this  School  all  that  it  has  the  op- 
portunity of  becoming.  And  among  other  things  St.  Mary's 
needs  an  endowment.  It  is  the  hope  of  the  Trustees  to  keep 
the  charges  at  St..  M'ary's  down  to  such  a  sum  that  as  lartre  a 
proportion  of  our  people  as  possible  may  enjoy  its  benefits, 
but  even  so,  there  are  many  cases  continually  appealing  to 
them,  where  they  ought  to  be  able  to  afford  special  opportu- 
nities to  poor  and  worthy  girls.  To  this  end  we  must  have 
scholarships  endowed.  A  faithful  layman  of  Raleigh  has 
lately  provided  in  his  will  that  some  years  hence  such  a  schol- 
arship may  be  founded,  in  addition  to  the  two  already  estab- 
lished by  this  Diocese  and  the  one  by  East  Carolina.  May 
his  good  example  encourage  others  to  do  the  like ! 

THE    THoMPSOX    ORPHANAGE. 

Under  the  Rev.  Walter  J.  Smith,  Superintendent,  this 
institution  continues  its  beneficent  work.  Thirty  children 
from  this  Diocese,  sixteen  from  East  Carolina,  and  thirteen 
from  Asheville,  make  up  the  total  of  fifty-nine  inmates  re- 
ported to  the  Board  of  Managers  at  its  annual  meeting  last 
month.  These  children  are  well  cared  for,  well  taught,  ami 
in  the  main  promise  to  become  good  and  useful  men  ami 
women.  It  is  now  fourteen  years  since  it  was  opened,  and  it 
is  gratifying  to  learn  that,  tested  by  its  fruits,  it  justifies  the 
efforts  which  have  been  made  for  its  establishment  and  con- 
tinuance. Some  who  have  been  trained  there  have  disap- 
pointed the  hopes  of  their  friends,  but  in  a  very  large  propor- 
tion of  cases  the  lives  and  characters  of  those  sent  out  from 
its  walls  have  been  and  are  such  as  to  reflect  honor  upon  this 
institution.  One  most  pleasing  feature  of  the  work  is  that  all 
our  Xorth  Carolina  Churchmen  are  united  in  its  support  and 


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management.  Children  from  East  Carolina  and  from  Ashe- 
ville  are  among  its  inmates,  the  Clergy  and  laity  both  unite 
with  members  of  this  Diocese  in  the  management,  and  Church- 
men from  all  parts  of  the  State  respond  most  promptly  and 
cordially  to  all  demands  for  help.  A  small  beginning  has 
been  made  towards  an  endowment,  and  the  rapid  growth  and 
development  of  the  city  of  Charlotte  promises  in  the  near 
future  to  add  very  greatly  to  the  value  of  the  property. 

The  Report  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  Diocese,  which  is  in  the 
hands  of  the  members  of  the  Convention,  is  on  the  whole 
most  gratifying.  The  two  chief  funds  show  an  unexpectedly 
large  income.  While  fully  appreciating  the  advantage  of 
this  state  of  things,  it  is  not  my  purpose  to  dwell  upon  this 
part  of  the  report.  Rather  I  call  your  attention  to  those 
funds  which  do  not  make  so>  favorable  a  showing.  Our  Can- 
ons require  the  Clergy  of  the  Diocese  to  take  annual  offerings 
in  the  churches  for  the  Diocesan  Relief  Fund,  for  the  Dioce- 
san Education  Fund  and  for  the  American  Church  Building 
Fund  Commission.  There  are  in  addition  to  these  one  or 
two  offerings  recommended  to  the  Clergy  by  standing  resolu- 
tions of  the  Convention.  The  reports  of  the  Treasurer  for 
some  years  past  disclose  the  fact  that  very  few  of  the  Clergy 
take  up  these  offerings,  and  those  who  do  obey  the  Canon  seem 
to  have  very  little  success  in  interesting  their  people  in  these 
objects  of  their  bounty.  Now  in  the  first  place  I  wish  to  say 
to  my  brethren  of  the  Clergy  that  I  am  in  urgent  need  of  their 
help  in  the  matter  of  these  very  funds,  and  especially  I  com- 
mend to  their  interest  the  Education  Fund.  During  the  past 
year  I  have  bad  to  make  personal  solicitations  in  different 
parts  of  the  Diocese  in  order  to  raise  the  money  I  was  obliged 
to  have  to  help  several  deserving  young  men  who  are  prepar- 
ing for  the  ministry.  I  am  willing  to  do  this  in  an  emer- 
gency, but  I  am  sure  you  do  not  wish  to  reduce  me  to  the 
necessity  of  doing  this  every  year.  And  should  any  case  of 
necessity  arise  for  relieving  the  necessities  of  our  old  Clergy, 
the  amount  contributed  annually  to  the  Relief  Fund  is  entirely 
inadequate  to  give  any  effectual  help  even  in  a  single  case  of  a 
superannuated  Clergyman.  I  most  earnestly  ask  their  atten- 
tion to'  this  matter. 

But  to  the  Convention  I  would  suggest  the  propriety  of  con- 
sidering the  whole  question  of  these  Canonical  offerings  and 
other  offerings  recommended  by  the  Convention  to  the  Clergy, 
and  the  appointment  of  a  particular  Sunday  for  each,  so  that 


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the  recurrence  of  the  appointed  day  might  remind  Priest  and 
people  alike  of  the  object  for  which  the  Church  that  day  asks 
their  Offerings.  I  would  further  most  earnestly  impress  upon 
both  Clergy  and  people  the  absolute  importance  of  being  regu- 
lar and  methodical  in  the  collection  and  remittance  of  all 
their  dues  to  the  Church. 

One  thing  more  in  this  connection.  Our  Genera]  Conven- 
tion meets  in  San  Francisco  the  first  Wednesday  in  October 
next.  Most  important  matters  are  to  come  before  it,  and  this 
Diocese  should  be  ably  represented,  as  it  usually  has  been,  in 
the  great  councils  of  the  Church.  Our  Canons  provide  that  the 
Treasurer  shall  pay  the  necessary  expenses  of  the  Clerical 
delegates  attending  the  General  Convention.  Formerly  the 
Canons  directed  a  fixed  sum  to  be  paid  to  each  Clerical  Dep- 
uty. I  suggest  for  the  consideration  of  the  Convention  in  the 
present  case  whether  the  Diocese  is  prepared  to  undertake  the 
expense  of  four  Clerical  Deputies  attending  a  two  or  three 
weeks'  session  of  the  General  Convention  at  San  Francisco. 
We  are  allowed  to  send  not  more  than  four  Deputies.  We 
may  elect,  if  we  please,  only  two,  or  one,  or  we  may  change  the 
Canon  and  provide  that  a  specified  sum  be  paid  each  Clerical 
Deputy  towards  his  expenses.  I  ma.ke  no  recommendation. 
I  simply  bring  the  matter  before  this  Convention  that  it  may 
receive  due  consideration. 

DIOCESAN    MISSIONS. 

The  offerings  for  this  object  during  the  year  have  not  been 
so  large  as  we  had  hoped,  but  they  have  met  our  expenditures 
and  have  paid  off  a  considerable  part  of  the  balance  of  indebt- 
edness brought,  over  from  the  year  before.  I  think  we  may 
say  the  offering's  have  been  reasonably  satisfactory.  There 
is,  however,  a  feeling  pretty  general  (among  us  that  we  are 
not  doing  all  the  work  which  should  be  clone.  The  appoint- 
ment of  an  Archdeacon  has  proved  a  stimulus  to  the  work  of 
Diocesan  Missions,  so  far  as  the  Archdeacon  has  been  able  to 
cover  the  ground.  But  he  has  been  almost  wholly  confined  to 
the  Western  half  of  the  Diocese.  In  that  quarter  his  work 
has  been  most  effective.  I  have  found  him  a  great  help,  and 
I  believe  that  his  work  for  the  coming  year  is  likely  to  be  -rill 
more  valuable.  This  has  suggested  the  possible  advantage  of 
appointing  another  Archdeacon  for  the  Eastern  half  of  the 
Diocese,  and  reorganizing;  our  Missionary  work  under  rhree 


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Archdeacons  instead  of  having  four  Convocation's  as  hereto- 
fore. We  have  already  an  Archdeacon  over  the  Colored 
work.  All  the  work  of  Missions  among  white  people  being  put 
under  two  Archdeacons  might  serve  to  bring  the  whole  into  a 
more  effective  condition.  The  Convocations  are  admittedly 
failures  as  Missionary  agencies.  The  proposition  will  be 
made  in  this  Convention,  I  am  informed,  to  organize  the  Mis- 
sionary work  of  the  Diocese  under  three  Archdeacons,  as 
above  indicated,  and  to  put  the  duty  and  responsibility  of 
attending  to  it  upon  the  several  Archdeaconries  under  the  di- 
rection of  the  Bishop  and  the  respective  Archdeacons.  I  give 
no  opinion  on  the  point,  but  refer  it  to  the  consideration  of  the 
Convention.      The  plan  has  some  features  which  commend  it. 

THE  WOMAN'S  AUXILIARY  AND  LAY  AGENCIES. 

I  must  mention,  if  only  briefly,  the  work  of  the  Woman's 
Auxiliary,  the  Brotherhood  of  St.  Andrew,  and  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  King.  The  Brotherhood  of  St.  Andrew  is  here 
to  speak  for  itself — so  is  the  Woman's  Auxiliary.  Not  the 
least  interesting  or  important  features  of  our  annual  Conven- 
tions are  the  meetings  and  proceedings  of  these  two  valuable 
organizations  of  lav  workers.  It  was  thought  at  one  time 
that  an  annual  meeting  of  the  Daughters  of  the  King  might 
also  be  held  in  connection  with  the  Diocesan  Convention. 
This,  however,  has  proved  to  be  impracticable.  There,  is  not 
time  for  so  much  in  the  three  days  of  Convention.  1  have 
recently  been  in  conference  with  the  Diocesan  Secretary  of 
this  Societv,  and  suggested  to  her  that  it  might  be  advisable 
to  arrange  an  annual  meeting  of  all  the  Chapters  in  North 
Carolina  and  in  East  Carolina  together  some  day  early  in 
June,  meeting  in  some  convenient  town,  one  year  in  this 
Diocese  and  the  next  in  East  Carolina.  This  proposition  is 
now  under  consideration,  and  its  adoption  may  prove  a  stimu- 
lus and  encouragement  to  the  faithful  women  engaged  in 
this  good  work. 

To  the  women  of  the  Auxiliary  I  can  only  say  what  I  have 
so  often  said  before — that  their  assistance  has  become  so  verv 
effective  in  the  missionary  work  that  no  Bishop  can  now  un- 
derstand how  the  Church  ever  could  have  gotten  on  without 
it.  I  hope  always  to  find  a  branch  in  every  Parish  and  Mis- 
sion of  the  Diocese,  At  the  present  time  the  most  important 
matter  before  them  is  the  "United  Offering'''  to  be  made 
at  the  General  Convention  next  October.     I  trust  that  our 


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Diocesan  Branch  may  be  well  represented  both  by  the  attend- 
ance of  delegates  and  the  generous  offering  which  they  shall 
make  toward  'the  work  of  our  Missionary  Bishops  during  the 
next  three  years. 

THE    TWENTIETH     CENTURY     ENROLMENT    AND    OFFERING     FOR 

DIOCESAN  MISSIONS. 

In  Epiphany  season  last  I  sent  out  to  all  the  Clergy  of  the 
Diocese  a  request  that  they  would  send  me  at  their  earliest 
convenience  complete  lists  of  all  the  baptized  members  of  the 
Church  within  their  several  cures,  or  attached  to  their  con- 
gregations, in  order  that  1  might  make  a  record  for  preserva- 
tion among1  the  archives  of  the  Diocese  of  all  members  of  the 
Church  in  this  Diocese  this  opening  year  of  the  Twentieth 
Century.  Such  a  list,  if  measurably  full  and  accurate,  will 
increase  in  interest  and  value  as  the  years  go1  by.  Since  the 
Canons  require  every  Clergyman  to  keep  such  a  list  of  his 
people,  it  should  not  be  a  very  difficult  or  tedious  matter  to 
make  a  general  list  of  the  whole  Diocese.  And  besides  the 
future  interest  and  value  of  such  a  record,  to  which  [  have 
alluded,  I  felt  that  there  would  be  even  a  greater  present 
utility  in  the  very  process  of  making  out  the  local  lists,  and 
then  combining  them  in  a  Diocesan  list,  by  emphasizing:  both 
to  the  Clergy  and  the  people  the  personal,  individual  rela- 
tionship and  responsibility  involved  in  the  work  of  the  min- 
istry for  the  people.  Clergy  and  people  have  responded  to 
this  appeal  in  a  manner  which  has  convinced  me  that  the 
thought  of  making  this  record  was  not  an  idle  one.  Indeed. 
I  am  satisfied  that  something'  of  this  kind  was  needed.  The 
very  difficulty  in  so  many  cases  of  securing  the  lists  asked  tor 
revealed  the  fact  that  in  most  cases  no  accurate  lis;  of  parish- 
ioners are  kept  by  the  Clergy.  In  the  distractions  of  practi- 
cal pastoral  and  missionary  work  the  details  of  keeping  accu- 
rate records  involve  more  labor  and  difficulty  than  one  would 
suppose  before  having  tried  it.  But  from  all  Parishes  and 
Missions,  with  the  single  exception  of  a  small  congregation 
without  a  minister,  I  did  finally  secure  lists  more  or  less  com- 
plete. Most  of  the  Clergy  responded  most  cordially  and  help- 
fully to  my  appeal;  and  I  have  now  entered  into  the  Register 
which  I  had  made  for  the  purpose,  over  8,000  names  of  bap- 
tized members  of  the  Church  in  the  Diocese  of  North  Carolina. 
But  may  I  beg  my  brethren  of  the  Clergy,  and  the  laitv  as  well. 


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for  their  further  co-operation  in  the  completion  and  perfecting 
of  these  lists  ?  Many  of  the  Parish  lists  are  confessedly  in- 
complete. In  the  nature  of  the  case  many  inaccuracies  must 
exist  in  them.  May  I  not  nope  that  during  the  rest  of  the 
year  they  will  keep  their  lists  of  parishioners  in  mind,  and 
from  time  to  time  m)ake  such  additions  and  corrections  as  may 
serve  to  bring  them  nearer  to  completeness  and  accuracy  ? 
I  may  seem  to  some  persons  over  particular  about  little  things 
in  thus  dwelling  upon  this  matter  of  lists  of  people's  names ; 
but  I  can  not  forget  that  our  blessed  Master,  whom  we  are  to 
represent  so  far  as  we  can  in  the  care  of  His  work,  says,  The 
Good  Shepherd  ''calleth  His  owx  sheep  by  same." 

For  each  person  of  all  these  eight,  thousand  and  over  whose 
name  had  been  sent  me,  I  sent  to  the  minister  of  the  Parish 
or  Mission  a  card  enclosed  in  a  directed  envelope,  requesting 
a  special  offering  for  the  work  of  the  Church  in  this  Diocese 
this  opening  year  of  a  new  century.  These  offerings  are  to  be 
brought  up  to  this  Convention  by  the  Clergy,  and  presented  at 
a  special  service  appointed  for  that  purpose.  I  now  appoint 
for  that  offering  the  evening  service  Thursday,  May  23d, 
when  we  are  to  be  addressed  upon  the  general  subject  of  Mis- 
sions by  a  representative  of  our  Board  of  Managers  of 
Domestic  and  Foreign  Missions.  This  offering  is  a  special 
offering,  not  to  be  considered  as  in  any  way  interfering 
with  our  regular  offerings,  and  to  be  administered  by  the 
Bishop  through  the  Archdeacons,  as  in  his  judgment  the 
interests  of  the  work  may  demand.  This  has  been  my  idea 
and  purpose,  but  I  should  like  to  have  an  expression  of  the 
judgment  of  the  Convention  upon  the  best  method  of  employ- 
ing and  disbursing  such  sums  as  may  be  received. 

In  speaking  of  our  Diocesan  Missions  we  should  not  forget 
our  obligations  to  the  general  Domestic  and  Foreign  Mission- 
ary work  of  the  Church  under  the  direction  of  our  Board  of 
Managers  in  New  York.  It  shall  be  my  purpose  to  encourage 
each  Parish  and  congregation  to  give  re«'ularlv  to  this  general 
work.  Onr  Sunday  Schools  give  to  it  their  Easter  offerings; 
our  Woman's  Auxiliary  contributes  systematically;  but  each 
congregation,  as  a  congregation,  should  give  at  the  very  least 
one  offering  each  year  to  its  treasury. 

I  call  your  attention  also  to  the  duty  of  all  Churchmen 
with  respect  to  the  General  Clergy  Relief  Fund.  Some  years 
ago  ;he  General  Convention  suggested  that  throughout  the 
United  States  a  tithe  of  the  Communion  Alms  should  be  o-iyen 


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to  this  Fund.  The  suggestion  seems  to  me  most  eminently 
proper.  I  could  wish  that  all  of  our  Clergy  might  adopt  it, 
as  1  know  that  some  have  been  in  the  habit  of  doing. 

And  now,  brethren,  a  startling  calamity  which  has  fallen 
upon  a  large  community  of  our  brethren  reminds  us  that  we 
should  look  not  on  our  own  'bhinp^  merely,  but  also  on  the 
things  of  others.  I  need  not  tell  you  the  story  of  the  fire  at 
Jacksonville,  Florida.  The  particulars  of  that  appalling 
event  are  fresh  in  your  memory.  We  can  not  be  insensible 
to  such  suffering.  Shall  we  not  do  something  to  give  prac- 
tical expression  to  our  sympathy?  Some  of  our  churches 
have  already  exerted  themselves  in  this  matter.  (Am  not  the 
influence  of  this  Convention  be  exerted  to  produce  a  general 
action  throughout  the  Diocese  for  the  purpose  of  doing  some- 
thing in  aid  of  our  suffering  brethren  ? 

In  concluding  this  over-long  address,  I  feel  obliged  to  say 
that  I  feel  greatly  encouraged  when  I  survey  the  condition 
of  affairs  in  the  Diocese  at  large.  We  have  still  difficulties 
and  weaknesses — but  unitv  of  action  and  self-denying;  faith 
will  enable  us  to  meet  the  demands  which  God's  work  makes 
upon  us.  Let  me  ask  both  Clergy  and  people  to  remember 
that  the  unit  of  ( 'hurch  life  is  the  Diocese,  The  first  thing  to 
be  looked  to  is  that  we  do  our  duty  to  that.  Local  necessities 
will  not  let  themselves  be  neglected.  Let  us  all  stand  together 
in  the  strength  of  mutual  sympathy  and  co-operation,  stimula- 
ting and  developing  the  life  and  power  of  the  body,  and  that 
life  and  power  will  come  back  with  ever-increasing  strength 
and  effectiveness  in  the  members. 

Jos.  Blouxt  Cheshire. 
Bishop  of  North  Carolina. 


